The soul has this proof of divinity: that divine things delight it.

[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember ...] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.

A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

The part of life which we really live is short.

The place one's in, though, doesn't make any contribution to peace of mind: it's the spirit that makes everything agreeable to oneself.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.